Song Yan's heart rate gradually calmed down until the end of the prince's birthday.

The handkerchief given to him by Xie Shizhu seems to be more precious than thirty thousand taels of gold.

Suddenly, the emperor's voice reached everyone's ears.

The emperor stroked his beard and said: "I see that there are fewer and fewer concubines in the palace of the wise prince. After all, the wise princes are all my sons. They can't be so shabby. Let's do it. Today I will marry the daughter of Prime Minister Zuo, Mu Xue.

My sixth prince..."

As soon as he finished speaking, Song Yan's fingers tightened slightly on the handkerchief, and his handsome face cast a layer of gloom.

Xie Shizhu turned to look at Song Yan, and found that his expression was different from before, and he was a little startled.

Song Yan put the handkerchief back into his sleeve, stood up from his seat, walked to the middle of the aisle, saluted the emperor and said: "Father, I have always been in poor health. I betrothed Miss Mu to my son. Maybe I am a little dissatisfied with Miss Mu."

fair."

The emperor was silent for a few seconds. Seeing Song Yan's ambiguous refusal, he felt a little surprised in his heart. After all, he had always said what he said before.

Song Yan never said a word "no".

The emperor granted me a marriage, how could anyone dare to refuse?

At this moment, Prime Minister Zuo quickly knelt down and said respectfully: "Back to the emperor, it is a blessing for my daughter to marry a wise king..."

Prime Minister Zuo had already said this, and Song Yan could not refuse. He could only say: "I thank my father."

When Song Yan returned to his seat, he saw that Xie Shizhu was still eating carelessly, and he felt a little irritated.

*

An hour later.

The originally harmonious Prince's birthday banquet suddenly became agitated. After the emperor sitting in the middle took a sip of wine, he vomited blood from his mouth and fell to the ground in front of everyone.

There were exclamations from the crowd, and the queen and several concubines quickly ran down to support the emperor.

The emperor seemed to be a little confused. He said something to the eunuch beside him in a daze, and then slowly closed his eyelids.

When the emperor fell, some were happy and some were sad.

Except for the smile that the prince tried his best to suppress, there were no smiles on the faces of the other princes and princes.

This all happened too fast.

The noise around him had nothing to do with Song Yan. He just stared at the handkerchief in his hand, his eyes deep from an angle that no one else could see.

The emperor was escorted back to the palace by the guards, and everyone who stayed there looked at each other in shock.

After a while, the father-in-law beside the emperor ran out from a short distance away, knelt on the ground, and said that the emperor wanted to see His Highness the Crown Prince and asked him to go to the emperor.

Song Wenyan was not surprised at all. He nodded and raised his steps first. The eunuch quickly followed him.

This mission let the officials know that the emperor's time was short and he would pass on the throne.

It seems that Song Wenyan will soon ascend to the position of emperor, and these people are getting ready to please the new king.

The Crown Princess was sitting on one side, her hands trembling with excitement.

The Crown Princess enjoyed the gazes of the concubines around her, with a smile that she was sure to win.

Now that the crowd had dispersed, Xie Shizhu took a few more bites of duck meat before leaving, and hid some pastries in his sleeves.

Seeing her like this, Song Yan felt a little sour in his heart.

It seems it's time to change the food in the palace.

The two got up and left from here, arriving at the carriage.

As soon as Xie Shizhu got on the carriage and sat down, she noticed footsteps approaching her, and then she heard conversations outside.

It was the voice of Zuodu Yushi Qi Zian, and there seemed to be a few official officials behind him.

"I report to the virtuous king that I have been ordered to capture the murderer of King Yi."

As soon as he finished speaking, Xie Shizhu, who was sitting in the carriage, opened his eyes wide and thought, could it be that Qi Zian came to arrest Song Yan?

His identity was exposed so quickly?

"Capture the murderer of King Yi?" Song Yan lowered his eyes and stared at Qi Zian, with a bit of inquiry in his eyes, and said in a particularly soft voice, "Then why do you come to see me?"

Xie Shizhu couldn't help but give Song Yan a thumbs up. He was so anxious that he could still be so calm and unhurried.

Qi Zian focused his attention on the carriage, and after saluting, he said: "Xian Wang, some people said that they saw the princess and King Yi sitting together in the theater where King Yi died that day..."

As soon as he finished speaking, Xie Shizhu sat in the carriage, and his smile while watching the theater suddenly disappeared.

System: [Host, do you think you are eating melon on your own head?]

Xie Shizhu was silent for a few seconds: "Isn't that right?"

Surprise flashed across Song Yan's handsome face. He followed Qi Zian's gaze to the carriage and asked softly: "Is there any misunderstanding here?"

Qi Zian said helplessly: "Reporting to the King Xian, there are witnesses who have seen the princess. This matter is absolutely true."

Hearing this, Song Yan frowned slightly.

Immediately afterwards, Qi Zian walked over and opened the curtain of the carriage, and said to the surprised woman sitting in the carriage, "I'm sorry, Princess."

As soon as he finished speaking, several officials and Qi Zian escorted Xie Shizhu out of the carriage.

After getting off the carriage, Xie Shizhu looked back at Song Yan. His face was very pale.

Gradually Song Yan disappeared from her sight.

*

Soon, Xie Shizhu was pressed into prison.

It all happened so fast that she was caught off guard.

Xie Shizhu had no time to make any preparations.

The cell was very damp and pitch black, and occasionally the painful wails of other prisoners could be heard.

Xie Shizhu had an unpleasant smell every time he breathed.

She huddled in the corner of the cell, looking down at the rats scurrying around in the hole of the cell, her expression unchanged.

The system couldn't help but swallowed: [Host, aren't you afraid of these mice?]

Xie Shizhu smiled and said, "What's there to be afraid of? They're so cute."

System: [...] You are indeed a pervert!

Time passed little by little.

When Xie Shizhu was drowsy, a sound came. She suddenly opened her eyelids and saw a tall figure.

The man stood against the light and wore black night clothes, seeming to blend into the dark cell.

A face is wearing a mask, so you can't see what it looks like.

Xie Shizhu was slightly startled, quickly stood up, walked to the door, opened his mouth, but couldn't make a sound. He could only gesture with his hands excitedly: "You, you are the legendary assassin!"

Her bright eyes widened, she was excited and a little scared to see the frightening 'Ghost Emperor'.

System: [Just act!]

Song Yan said nothing, staring at her quietly, then took out a large basket of food from behind, and stuffed the food in through the gaps in the cell fence one by one.

Xie Shizhu looked shocked and took it with both hands, as if he didn't understand what he meant.

Song Yan remained silent, put down his things, and quickly disappeared from Xie Shizhu's sight.

As soon as he left, Xie Shizhu hid the food.

As soon as she hid, she heard footsteps again, thinking it was the 'Ghost Emperor' returning again, and quickly stood up, intending to thank her.

When he walked to the cell fence, he saw Princess Song Ye.

Song Ye looked at her expression, pondered for a few seconds and said, "Why do you feel so happy to be in the cell?"

Xie Shizhu: "..."

Song Ye smiled softly and said, "I just came in and everyone in the prison fainted. Has anyone come to see you?"

Xie Shizhu shook his head subconsciously, his guilty conscience for not having three hundred taels of silver in this place was obvious.

Song Ye did not expose her and said with a chuckle: "Last time you saved my princess, this time I will let you out."

After finishing speaking, Song Ye raised the key in his hand to her, then bent down to unlock the cell.

Xie Shizhu stood firm and had no intention of running away.

Song Ye frowned slightly and asked, "Why don't you leave?"

Xie Shizhu was silent for a long time, knowing that Song Ye knew that he was pretending to be dumb, so he did not continue to say nothing, but said: "I did not kill King Yi. If I run away now, wouldn't I just tell others that I am fleeing in fear of crime?"

When Song Ye heard her speak, a trace of fluctuation flashed across his face.

Xie Shizhu's voice is very cold, melodious, and very attractive.

Song Ye restrained his strangeness and said, "You really don't want to run away?"

Xie Shizhu's eyes were very firm: "I won't run away."

Song Ye didn't say anything more to persuade him. He nodded. Just when he was about to turn around and leave, the woman in the prison continued: "I hope the princess won't tell others about my pretending to be dumb."
Chapter completed!